Finding Aid for the Caspar Johann Ehmcke papers, circa 1945-1995 0000129

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino, Julia Lawson
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
8/30/2012


Title: Caspar Johann Ehmcke papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000129
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 28.0 Linear feet (23 record storage boxes and 1 flat file drawer)
Date (inclusive): circa 1945-1995
Location note: Boxes 1-23/Mosher - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - flat files
creator: Ehmcke, Caspar Johann, 1908-1995

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Custodial History note

Gift of Camille Kerpen, 1996.

Preferred Citation note

Caspar Johann Ehmcke papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Caspar Johann Ehmcke was born in 1908 in Munich, Germany. At age 19, Ehmcke left Munich for Stuttgart, where he began architecture school. In 1933, he graduated from the Stuttgart Technical University and returned to Munich to practice architecture. Ehmcke immigrated in 1937 to Los Angeles where he specialized in store planning and design for Bullocks, Eastern-Colombia, and Magnin department stores, among others. Between 1941 and 1945 Ehmcke worked on the Metropolitan Life Insurance Housing Projects, and with structural engineers for the building of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Navy Test Facility. During this period Ehmcke also worked on an earthquake proof hi-rise for Sears Roebuck. In 1945, Ehmcke started his own practice which focused primarily on commercial and residential buildings, including: the Decca recording studio, the John Engstead Photo Studio, and residences in West Los Angeles. Caspar Johann Ehmcke died at the age of 87 on September 22, 1995.

Scope and Content note

The Caspar Johann Ehmcke papers span 29 linear feet and date from circa 1945 to 1995. The collection is comprised of architectural drawings and reprographic copies organized by project, black-and-white photographs of residences designed by Ehmcke, bound specification reports, handwritten notes organized by project, and presentation boards. The majority of architectural drawings and reprographic copies, present in the collection, are of residences in West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Beverly Hills.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ehmcke, Caspar Johann, 1908-1995
Architectural drawings
Photographic prints
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies
Specifications

 

Project Files I. 1944-1995

Physical Description: 28.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains the project drawings, a small number of photographs, and a few project files, in 28 linear feet. The majority of the collection consists of architectural drawings, in rough alphabetical order. There are very few photographs or project files in this collection.
The projects date from circa 1945 to 1995 and include residential and commercial designs in the Los Angeles area. Many of Ehmcke's clients commissioned multiple projects. For example, Ehmcke designed more than a dozen projects each for Lanz of California, and for Werner Scharff, a developer in the Venice area of Los Angeles.
Drawer 211, FlatFile 1

Allan Building 6022 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1952

Drawer 211, FlatFile 2

Amber Properties condominiums Roxbury Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.?) undated

Box 1

Bachelis, Robert house 915 Hartford Way (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1982

Box 1

Baloyan, Sirak house (Tijuana, Baja, Mexico) 1987-1988

Box 1

Baloyan, Sirak farmer's market (Tijuana, Baja, Mexico) 1959

Drawer 211, FlatFile 3

Berens, Harry house 241 S. Linden Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) circa 1960

 

Bernstein, Monte house 333 Copa De Oro Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1954

Box 1-2

Architectural Drawings

Drawer 211, FlatFile 19

Photographs

Box 2

Bernstein, Monte office building Perpetual Plaza (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1963

 

Bernstein, Monte office building Wilshire & Spadra (Fullerton, Calif.) 1956

Box 8

Photographs

Box 2

Architectural Drawings

Box 2, 14, 15

Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 Sunset Blvd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1966, 1970-1976, 1983-1990

Scope and Contents note

Includes architectural drawings, additions, and alterations for administration building, banquet and dining rooms, bungalows, Crystal Room, offices, Maisonette and Rodeo Room, porte cochere, Lanai Restaurant, lobby and registration desk, and Rex Men's Apparel.
 

Binz, Nancy house 813 Lakeshore Dr. (Incline Village, Nev.) circa 1994

Box 11, 15

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 15

Bistro Garden restaurant addition (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1982

Box 14

Bloch, Dr. Kurt (Germany) undated

Drawer 211, FlatFile 4

Bond, John house 242 S. Denslow (Westwood, Calif.) undated

Box 15

Braun, Michael 247 S. Roxbury (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1960

Box 11

Brunson, Robert house 1300 Dawnridge Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1981

Box 15, Drawer 211, FlatFile 5

Burke & Wyatt 6189 Glenoak (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1960

Box 16

California Physicians Service 431-33 S. Fairfax Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1965

Box 15, 16

Cameron, Ron house 33148 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Malibu, Calif.) 1972

Drawer 211, FlatFile 6

Casa Blanca Investment Company 116 Car Garage 445 N. Rossmore Ave (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1956

Drawer 211, FlatFile 7

Central Pasadena Corp market/shopping center (Norwalk, Calif.) 1959

Box 13

Central Pasadena Corp. / 1000 Fabrics Store 601 S. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1962

Box 11

Cohen, Sy house 509 N. Hillcrest Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1975

Box 16

Cohen, Sy house 479 Spaulding Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1973

Box 16

Colfield Enterprises 25 unit apartment building Devonshire & M St. (Oxnard, Calif.) 1964

Box 16

Colfield Enterprises 11 unit apartment building 400 1st St. (Oxnard, Calif.) 1965

Box 16

Cotton, Doyle house 1307 Del Resto Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1978

Box 16

Cotton, Doyle house 930 Stradella Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1970

Box 17

Cummings, Susan house 2100 Century Park West (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1989

Box 17

Cummings, Susan apartment 10375 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1991

Box 16, 17

Cummings, Theodore house 806 N. Camden Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1973

Box 17

Daly, Juanita house 1200 Rancho Circle (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1973

Box 17

Donohue, Daniel house 930 Stradella Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1978

Box 17

Duquette, Anthony studio Keith Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1954

Box 17

Duquette, Anthony house 1354 Dawnridge Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1948

Box 17

Duquette, Anthony Sortilege Summer School in the Arts (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1973

Box 17, Drawer 211, FlatFile 8

El Dorado Garden condominiums (Palm Desert, Calif.) Presentation board 1965

Box 17

Engstead, John studio 31995 Pacific Coast Hwy. (South Laguna, Calif.) 1951

Box 17

Engstead, John house 8332 Melrose Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1962

Box 17

Engstead, John photo studio 9048 Santa Monica Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1949

Box 17

Farmer, Mel house 3032 Westcliff (Newport Beach, Calif.) 1976

Drawer 211, FlatFile 9

Feuerstein, Arnold 143 S. June St. (Los Angeles, Calif.) undated

Box 17

Fishgrund, James house 1025 N. Cresent Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1981

Box 18

Frawley, Patrick house 594 S. Mapleton Dr. (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1979

Box 17, 18

Frawley, Patrick house 539 S. Mapleton Dr. (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1984

Box 18

Fremont Square Housing Company shopping center Ventura Rd. & Doris Ave. (Oxnard, Calif.) 1966

Box 2

Gerstell, Frederick and Joan house 1117 La Altura Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1987

Box 2, 3

Geyser, Lewis house Hercules Dr. Mount Olympus (Hollywood, Calif.) 1982

Box 3

Gray, Amelia dress store 406-14 N. Rodeo Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1969

 

Guardian Savings and Loan bank branch 345 Esplanade Dr. (Oxnard, Calif.) 1972

Box 3

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 3, Drawer 211, FlatFile 10

Hamilton, Joseph house 991 Alpine Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1974

Drawer 211, FlatFile 11

Hayne, Miss L. 8-unit apartment building 2199 W. 26th Place (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1961

Box 3

Hellman, Bud house 1012 Summit Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1987

Box 3

Hirsch, Michael house Huntington Circle (Reno, Nev.) 1972

Box 3

Hirsch, William house 1960 Manzanita Dr. (Reno, Nev.) 1971

Box 3

Hughes Aircraft building 800 N. Sepulveda Blvd. (El Segundo, Calif.) 1973

Box 4

Hyman, Edward house 660 Club View Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1965

Box 4

Kamola, Teofil house Yellostone Dr. (Lake Arrowhead, Calif.) circa 1967

Box 6, 18

King, Taketa, & Wilson doctor's offices Doris Ave (Oxnard, Calif.) 1958

Box 4

Klein, William house 695 David Way (Incline Village, Nev.) circa 1978

Box 4

Konditori Scandinavia restaurant 362 N. Camden Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1959

Box 4

Konditori Scandinavia restaurant 230 S. Lake Ave (Pasadena, Calif.) 1961

 

Lanz of California 1955-1977

Box 8

Photographs

Box 4, 5

Drawings- Door Pulls 1956, 1961

Box 4

Lanz of California Stanford Shopping Center (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1959

Box 4

Lanz of California alterations (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1956

Box 4

Lanz of California 8680 Hayden Pl. (Culver City, Calif.) 1983

Box 4

Lanz of California 6128 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1962

Box 4

Lanz of California 6132 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) undated

Box 4, 5

Lanz of California 6150 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1951

Box 4

Lanz of California 9687 Wilshire Blvd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1980

Box 4

Lanz of California dress shop 1800 Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1969

Box 4

Lanz of California warehouse 5700 Venice Blvd.(Los Angeles, Calif.) 1974

Box 4

Lanz of California Fashion Island (Newport, Calif.) 1973

Box 4

Lanz of California Alexa & Tonino 1407 Broadway (New York, NY) 1966

Box 4

Lanz of California book keeping 5975 Venice Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1966

Box 4

Lanz of California alterations (Carmel, Calif.) 1956

Box 5

Lanz of California Promenade Center(Woodland Hills, Calif.) 1977

Box 4

Lanz of California Fashion Square (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) 1962

Box 5

Lanz of California alterations 947-949 Westwood Blvd. (Westwood, Calif.) 1963

Box 5

Lanz of California showroom 110 E. 9th St. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1966

Box 5

Lanz of California 152 Geary St. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1961

Box 5

Lanz of California Park Lane Center (Reno, Nev.) 1966

Box 4

Lanz of California castle 6112 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1955

Box 4

Lanz Las Vegas 3131 S. Fifth St. (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1957

Box 4

Lanz of California boutique 17 Avenue Matignon (Paris, France) 1962

Box 5

Lawrence, Steve house 820 Greenway Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1972

Box 5

Lazarof, Henri 333 Copa De Oro (Bel Air, Calif.) 1983

Box 22

Le Parc (Century City, Calif.) 1976

Box 5

Lederman, Allan house 1012 Summit Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1983

Box 18

Lindsay, Cynthia house 1303 Parkway (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1963

Box 18

Lowy house Oak Pass undated

Box 18

Luftig, Sam house Macapa Dr. (Hollywood, Calif.) 1957

Box 18

Lurie, Katherine & Abraham house 930 Stradella Rd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1989

 

Lurie, Katherine & Abraham house (Coronado, Calif.) 1988-1989

Box 11

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 18

Mannix, E. house 1120 El Retiro (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1955

Box 18

Matray, Ernest house 1530 Bel Air Rd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1977

Box 2

McEntee, F.J. house 1117 La Altura Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1965

Box 6

Meniku, Rudi house 8408 Hillside Ave (West Hollywood, Calif.) 1963

Drawer 211, FlatFile 12

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (Fullerton, Calif.) 1959

Drawer 211, FlatFile 13

Milnor, N.F. house 527 Levering Ave. (Westwood, Calif.) 1958

Box 6

Moss, Richard house 2052 Via Casa Ave. (La Jolla, Calif.) 1980

Box 3

Mount Olympus housing (Mount Olympus, Calif.) 1969

Box 3

Murrow, Richard & maxine house 11181 Ophir Dr. (Westwood, Calif.) 1969

Box 6

Nieman, Sanger office 6399 Wilshire Blvd (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1975

Box 6

Odenthal, Warner house Incline Village (Lake Tahoe, Nev.) 1975

Box 6

Older, Charles house 930 Thayer Ave (West Los Angeles, Calif.) 1968

Box 6

Ovitz, Michael house 457 N. Rockingham Ave. (Brentwood, Calif.) 1979

Box 6

Partello, Helen studi and house 9010 Beverly Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1964

Box 11

Quinn, Michael house Kingsbury Village (Stateline, Nev.) 1981

Box 11, 20

Reed, Audrey & Phillip house 969 Bel Air Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1971, 1992

Box 20

Richardson, Robert house 1533 E. Foothill Blvd. (Altadena, Calif.) 1950

Box 20

Riehl, Kay house 10402 Bloomfield (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1961

 

Riley, William house (Klosters, Switzerland) 1959

Box 20

Architectural Drawings

Drawer 211, FlatFile 19

Photographs

Box 2

Riley, William house 1117 La Altura Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1950

Box 20

Rowley, Mike & Diane house 947 Lakeshore Blvd. (Incline Village, Calif.) 1990

 

Rudin, Milton house 380 Copa de Oro Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1984-1989

Box 11, 20

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 20

Sachs Jagdhaus Consul (Germany) undated

Box 20

Samuels & Jacobs office 3301 S. Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1964

Box 20

Santele, Tony house Old Ranch Rd. (Washoe County, Nev.) 1978

Box 11, 20, 21

Scharff, Alexis house 424 Marquerita Ave. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1989

Box 21

Scharff, Christine house 10450 Revuelta Way (Bel Air, Calif.) 1989

Box 11

Scharff, Christine house (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1985-1989

 

Scharff, Kurt & Christine house 823 Lakeshore Dr. (Incline Village, Nev.) 1987

Box 21

Architectural drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 4

Scharff, Werner / Knickerbocker Apartments 429 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1944

Box 6, 7, 11

Scharff, Werner / Paloma Apartments 25 Paloma Ave. (Venice, Calif.) 1972, 1987

Box 7

Scharff, Werner & Kurt Simon apartments 1007-1009 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1968

Box 7

Scharff, Werner / Speedway Apartments 18 Paloma Ave. (Venice, Calif.) 1972

Box 7

Scharff, Werner / Fenmar Apartments 8 Brooks Ave. (Venice, Calif.) 1974

Box 7

Scharff, Werner / Venetian Apartments 2017-2025 Pacific Ave. (Venice, Calif.) undated

Box 22

Scharff, Werner office building (Beverly Hills, Calif.) undated

Box 7

Scharff, Werner basement stairway 55 N. Venice Blvd. (Venice, Calif.) 1983

Box 7

Scharff, Werner automotive & retail center 2499 Lincoln Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1985

Box 7

Scharff, Werner house 617-621 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1965

Box 7

Scharff, Werner building 1401-1407 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) undated

Box 22

Scharff, Werner hotel 401 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1983

Box 22

Scharff, Werner / Wave Crest Apartments 1101-1119 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1963

Box 22

Scharff, Werner / Beach House Apartments 1101-1119 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1963

Box 11

Scharff, Werner 30-car garage 57-59 N. Venice Blvd. (Venice, Calif.) 1985

Box 7

Scharff, Werner house 1318 Roscomare Rd. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1972

Box 7

Scharff, Werner house 2229 La Mesa Dr. (Santa Monica, Calif.) circa 1987

Box 7

Scharff, Werner house 2233 La Mesa Dr. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1981

Box 22

Scharff, Werner house 438 Sherman Canal (Venice, Calif.) 1978

Box 22

Scharff, Werner house 1036 Chantilly Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1966

Box 7

Scharff, Werner house 2011 Linda Flora (Bel Air, Calif.) 1965

Box 11

Scharff, Werner house 2201 Ocean Front Walk (Venice, Calif.) 1973

Box 11, 22

Scharff, Werner house 1554 N. Beverly Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1990

 

Scharff, Werner house 10845 Lindbrook (Westwood, Calif.) 1976

Box 11

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Drawer 211, FlatFile 14

Schulmann, Fritz house 10580 Kinnrod Ave. (West Los Angeles, Calif.) 1960

Box 11

Scott, Bertram house 9230 Swallow Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1960

 

Sells, John Mule Shoe Ranch (Tendoy, Ida.) 1994-1995

Drawer 211, FlatFile 15, Box 11, 12

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 12

Sharpe, Ron condominiums 1205 Roxbury Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1980

Box 12

Shelton, George guest house 33014 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Malibu, Calif.) 1972

Box 11

Shultz, Jack library Century Tower West 2220 Avenue of the Stars (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1974

Box 12

Slater, Sam apartment building 5851 W. Adams Blvd. (Culver City, Calif.) 1956

 

Slatkin, Burton house 909 Glen Way (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1967

Box 12

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 9

Project Files

Box 12

Smith, C.M. office 7th floor, 5th St. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1945

Box 12

Sobel, Bernstein & Greene manufacturing plant 3610 S. San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1959

Box 11

St. Charles Hotel / Scharff / Windward Hotel 19-25 Windward Ave. (Venice, Calif.) 1986

 

St. Marks Grill restaurant 19-25 Windward Ave. (Venice, Calif.) 1988

Box 11, 18

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 9

Project Files

Box 12

Swaebe, Geoffrey house 114 Tower Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1967

Box 12, 13

Swaebe, Geoffrey/ Watt Luxury Housing 2100 Century Park West (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1988

Box 12

Swaebe, Geoffrey 728 Linda Flora Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1977

Box 9

Swaebe, Geoffrey house project files (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) 1986

Box 9

Swaebe, Geoffrey house project files (Century City, Calif.) 1988

Box 9

Swaebe, Geoffrey house project files (Riverside, Calif.) 1988

Box 13

Transport Clearings offices 3601 S. Flower St. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1957

 

Transport Clearings offices 434 S. Vermont Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1970

Drawer 211, FlatFile 19

Photographs

Box 13

Architectural Drawings

Box 9

Transport Clearings alteration project files (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) undated

Box 13

Traynor, Owen house 660 Club View Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1983

Box 6

Unidentified Ocean Front Manor 2 Breeze Ave. (Venice Calif.) 1974

Drawer 211, FlatFile 16

Unidentified Presentation Boards undated

Drawer 211, FlatFile 17

Unidentified Residences and unidentified sketches undated

Box 6

Unidentified / Siedlung Pullach (Germany) undated

Box 13

Vagabond Motor Hotel commercial headquarters (San Diego, Calif.) 1977

Box 13

Viking Horn 627 S. Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1969

Box 13

Warwick Apartments 109 N.Sycamore Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1974

Box 13

Watt Luxury Housing townhouse 2100 Century Park West (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1987

 

Watt Luxury Housing / Swaebe house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1988

Box 11

Architectural Drawings

Box 9

Project Files

Box 11

West Beach Cafe / Scharff restaurant 60 N. Venice Blvd. (Venice, Calif.) 1979

 

White, Lord Gordon house 930 Stradella Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.) 1978-1980

Box 11, 13

Architectural Drawings

Box 9

Project Files

 

Wick, Charles house 120 S. Mapleton Dr. (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1986

Box 13, 14

Architectural Drawings

Box 8

Photographs

Box 9

Project Files

Box 14

Willoughby, William house Incline Village (Lake Tahoe, Nev.) 1976

 

Wilson, Sheldon house 922 N. Benedict Canyon (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1985

Box 11, 14

Architectural Drawings

Box 9

Project Files

Box 14

Wilson, Sheldon house Chimney Rock Golf Course (Napa, Calif.) 1981

 

Wilson, Sheldon gate (Napa, Calif.) 1985-1989

Box 11

Architectural Drawings

Box 9

Project Files

Drawer 211, FlatFile 18

Worm, Mrs. house 1961

Box 14

Yassian, Farshid house 1151 Hillcrest Rd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1978

Box 14

Yorkin, Bud / Watts Industries House #1 904 Whittier Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1974

Box 14

Zeiler, Meyer house 710 N. Walden Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1971